Post AraZ28zA79d0GPargG by viennawriter@literatur.social
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 (DIR) Post #AGQfZKo0MEe5s6bYBM by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2022-02-13T08:46:51Z
       
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       What do we have to do to set up an *independent organisation* in Europe with an endowment from our (EU taxpayers’) money to maintain a free/open, private-by-default web browser that we legislate must be included in all operating systems made available in the EU?#freeTheBrowser
       
 (DIR) Post #AGQfZLRLzw7Zq90yW0 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2022-02-13T08:51:47Z
       
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       We would likely fork Firefox, remove all the Silicon Valley/commercial bullshit, and hire engineers from Mozilla and elsewhere who want to work somewhere where they have the freedom to work on a browser for the common good without any Silicon Valley/commercial interference.
       
 (DIR) Post #AGQfZLwC9Gn7NnRbaS by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2022-02-13T08:54:20Z
       
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       The challenge here isn’t technical; it’s funding and independence.To succeed, any such organisation must be free of political interference and its funding must be guaranteed via an endowment and not privy to the whims of short-term political posturing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AGQfZMX3wCHXE8h33I by muppeth@fe.disroot.org
       2022-02-13T09:04:36.144902Z
       
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       @aralperhaps nlnet could help with something. if not funding then at least helping to set things up?
       
 (DIR) Post #AGQsQsR1FpOay89PSS by witchescauldron@activism.openworlds.info
       2022-02-13T08:59:27Z
       
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       @aral the #EU is full of political interference, and not in a good way so this aproch has its own problems.I have been working with them a bit for the last few years...
       
 (DIR) Post #AGQsQtAOX7gxErNeBU by kravietz@agora.echelon.pl
       2022-02-13T09:11:44.290517Z
       
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       @witchescauldron @aral Ahem, an independent organisation lobbying for a public-funded web browser is technically just as much “political interference” as Google lobbying for the opposite. Any government or international structure such as EU is the sum of political interferences, and it’s only a problem when these are not balanced or some stakeholders are not represented.
       
 (DIR) Post #AraZ28zA79d0GPargG by viennawriter@literatur.social
       2025-02-28T20:45:33Z
       
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       @aral Okay, here we go ... So, @EUCommission let's do something more for out digital independence.
       
 (DIR) Post #Arae3TAZ3XewvJNWF6 by klyx@troet.cafe
       2025-02-28T21:39:08Z
       
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       @aral I am wondering the same. I wanted to switch from chrome to Firefox. Now, this does not make it easier. I love Arc - but it's chrome, I try Zen - it is Firefox. Argh. Would be onboard if there will be an initiative.